Easily the biggest improvement was our defence. I'm not sure if it was because Naqama was changed to the wing but we didn't rush up and create overlaps like we always do. When the Cows swung the ball wide we didn't panic and held our line. It was great to see.

However by far the biggest change I saw was the amount of heart shown by the boys. The team played like exactly that, a team. The players looked like they really wanted the win and wanted to win for Cleary. I'm stoked.

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He left McIlwrick out there for a lot longer. He used the bench when needed not via a pregame plan he blindly stuck to. McIlwrick was playing well and had more in the tank. It also meant Liddle came on when everyone was a little bit more tired.

He left McIlwrick out there for a lot longer. He used the bench when needed not via a pregame plan he blindly stuck to. McIlwrick was playing well and had more in the tank. It also meant Liddle came on when everyone was a little bit more tired.

I think you are right - in the modern game subtle differences like timing of bench replacements can have a huge impact on the game. Judging by tonights game i think Cleary has a good grasp on this. Whether it was timed or not i don't know but he brought Woods back out when it seemed like the game was going to slip away. The team seemed to lift after that.

5) played as a team, we never gave up and supported each other on every aspect today

What did other see as some of these changes were sizable and made rather large contributions to the win tonight.

Simple changes but very effective, our edge defence was much better also, Moses never got isolated and while JLJ got trampled a couple of times, he also made sure to put his entire body in the way to slow things down enough.

The other thing which was noticeable was the support play through the middle. We always had a couple of players lurking around the ruck pushing up on the offload.

So are we fit enough for 80mins all of a sudden?
Our attitude changed tonite, hopefully that keeps up and that will be Clearys challenge.
Kev to left wing was s great move. Him out of the club will be next.